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More people are so tired of hearing President Obama that just about anyone that runs in the GOP could beat him. It looks like Mitt Romney is going to take up the challenge but I do not see anything in his policies that can really turn things around. America has more of the same no matter who is president.

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For nearly a century plus, the measure of a good politician in the US was how much he or she brought back to their respective state. The more money for programs and initiatives, the better your representative was seen - and of course how personable they were. What is needed today are representatives that say we don't need this much, the federal government doesnt need this much and actually you don't need this much from the government. This is not going to be popular but is what is needed. Basically, we need politicial martyrs for a few decades. Representatives that are willing to have very short political careers in order to do the right thing to bring the country back to economic stability.

Republicans that could have run and cleaned up this primary process rather quickly (Christie and maybe Rubio) have elected not to run. Romney has tried and fostered Romney Care. Now you can look at that and say he will have learned from his mistakes or you can say that he at least at one point thought this was a good idea. I just don't see him being the commander for the hopeful mandate that the people want carried out like Reagan was back in teh 80's. If Ron Paul wasnt such isolationist on foreign policy, I think he would easily wrap up the nomination. Unfortunately, what would be his foreign policy is going to keep hiim out of office. Gingrich just doesnt have the likeability factor. He always just seem too smug and happy with himself and his knowledge. Trump is just too used to having his way all the time and not a whole lot of criticism that he cant handle a campaign or the office with the media scrutiny. I hear that Perry is a great guy that would be a good president...he just hasnt shown anything in a debate until recently.

McCotter and Daniels would have been nice candidates but for many reasons didn't get any kind of look with the media outside of their own areas. I really liked McCotter and think he would have made a very good president.

Unfortunately, I fear that the US political machine is not yet serious enough about fixing the debt - both sides. Arguing over a few hundred billion on spending cuts when there is a 16 trillion dollar debt just underlines the point. Based on the projection with rampant spending continuing, if there isn't a serious effort to reduce the debt, spur the economy by the end of this next term...whoever gets it...there will be about a 25 to 30 trillion dollar bill due. At that point, there will be nothing to stop the foreclosure of the US as interest will swallow the economy. Of course we can print more cash and just pay off the debt with worthless money...but then you will have triple digit inflation.

I really don't care what idiot makes it into office. I only care that they realize that arguing over pennies when we need to be talking about dollars is ridiculous. I only care that they realize that a combination of tax increase and spending cuts are going to be the solution...cant have just one arm solving the problem.

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I don't feel raising taxes is ever a solution. All that needs to be done is take out all those freebie programs that give people money for all kinds of silly research, stop trying to get to Mars and paying to have mother's baby aborted.

As for Ron Paul he still lives in ancient history... This is a global economy, you can't make the world your enemy, the US needs exports as part of its revenue sources.

I do agree that there needs to be a real President that wants change but again history has shown that they are usually assassinated. America is managed by a hidden unseen group, not the President.

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If the debt was at a reasonable level, it could all be done with cost cutting measures. However, it is unfortunately too big now and just reversing the spending that got us there isn't going to stop the interest train from rolling. Just like a personal credit card, if we just repaid the price for what we spent, we would still be left dealing with the interest. We could cut all the additional programs and it still isn't going to be enough. The time for that was several trillion ago. While I am not for raising taxes, I can see that it will have to happen...but should be retroactive once the debt is reduced to a certain level. It will have to be a thoughtful mix as if they go too much on taxes, it will stiffle the economy for sure.

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How do you stifle an economy that is already suffocating? A large percentage of the population is living on credit, you tax them more and their debt will rise beyond their level to repay and we know what happens after that. Unless you're thinking of just taxing the rich for all their worth but that's what gets you booted out of office. I think America just needs to see beyond Republican or Democrat... Maybe give the Libertarians a chance.

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With three days to go until the South Carolina primary, Mitt Romney's lead over Newt Gingrich is shrinking, according to a new CNN/Time/ORC International poll.

Romney holds a 10-point lead over Gingrich among likely primary voters, the poll indicates, but that's down from the 19-point lead Romney had just two weeks ago. The survey showed Romney at 33% and Gingrich at 23%. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum stands at 16%, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas is at 14% and Texas Gov. Rick Perry is at 6%.

The survey was released on the eve of the CNN-Southern Republican presidential debate, the final showdown among the candidates before Saturday's primary. That will be the third contest in the primary and caucus calendar and the first in the South.

The poll also surveyed likely voters in Florida's GOP presidential primary, which follows South Carolina on January 31, and found that Romney still holds a commanding lead there with 43% of l ikely voters backing Romney while Santorum stood at 19%, Gingrich at 18%, Paul at 9% and Perry at 2%.

Watch Wolf Blitzer's interview with Gingrich on CNN's "The Situation Room" at 4 p.m. And again at 5 p.m. Ref. CNN

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The economy continues to grow albeit in small amounts. This is in great contrast to several EU countries that are actually in recession.

However, to think that simply to cut spending will fix all our problems it take only a few seconds to do some basic math and figure out it isn't quite that easy. The total take of the IRS in a year is approximately 2.5 trillion dollars. Today the debt is 15 trillion dollars rounded down. If we stopped spending totally and shut the entire government down, but yet paid our bills somehow, it would take 6 yrs of zero spending to wipe out the debt. Now that means no social security payments, no medicare, no military, etc... If you take the 6 biggest ticket items and say we will keep those floating, Medicare/Medicade (.8trillion), SS (.7trillion), Military (.7trillion), Income Security (.4trillion), Intrested on Debt (.2 trillion) and Federal Pensions (.2trillion), you have signed up for 3 trillion in payments. That is already a .5trillion deficit. Now the military is going to get slashed from this last years budget, but even if you half it...you are still slightly negative. That means all other spending is gone and we still haven't paid a dollar on the debt. No student loans, no foreign aid, no emergency aid, no other federal programs, no NATO dues, NO UN dues...and actually just keeping the top six doesnt actually pay for the current federal workers. The interest alone on the debt is now about 10% of the IRS take.

To think of it another way...to pay 1 trillion off the debt per year without increasing the IRS take, the budget needs to be 1.5 trillion. OK. So then pick your fav of the above big tick items to keep. Do you keep Medicare/Medicade and Social Security? OK...but then we have no interest payment on the debt, federal pensions or military not to mention any other spending on current federal employees or anything else. This is like deciding where to put the next landfill. We all agree we need one but we don't want it in our back yard.

While I don't like having to increase taxes, they will have to be increased. Again, this needs to be reversed after the debt is paid down in a couple of decades and not just consumed by the Federal Government when they get a chance. Businesses that are very profitable will have to pay some tax...GE not paying a dime on huge profits is a example. They have to pay something. They shouldnt be taxed massively, but they need to kick in - zero is not right and no one has worked on fixing this. Unfortunately, those that are in a position are going to have to be asked to shoulder more of a burden. Whoever is president needs to ensure that this will only be done for as long as it takes and that massive spending cuts are part of the program.

When you look at it as simply as this, it is obvious that there has to be some deep and painful reductions in spending. People arent going to like it. There is going to have to be more taxes paid (corporate and personal) because what we wont be willing to cut wont get us to the end point. We have dug ourselves a hole that is too big now not to have to pull both levers. It will take a paradigm shift for the presidency as well as congress to get it done. My feeling is that even as bad as it is and knowing what likely is to come, they wont do anything until it is obviously too late.

Obama just asked for another 1.2 trillion increase to the debt ceiling. If it continually raises what kind of ceiling is it? In 2008 when he took office, the debt was 9 trillion! We have increased it by 66% in only 4 yrs! I am sure we will squable over millions and billions when we need to be talking trillions in reduction. We are talking about a problem that will be with us for at least the next 2 decades and we have politicians that are mostly focused for no further than there immediate term. Congress and this President have shown no real stomach in doing what must be done to stop this crash from happening. We absolutely cannot afford Obama-Care, which in every other country is a massive part of the budget...we just cant do it now.

I am very much on the libertarian side and government needs to be much smaller. I also think the Tea-Party and Libertarians are less interested in a life-long political career than doing what the countries needs even if it results I one term job. Ron Paul gets all this. Unfortunately, his foreign policy is not logical for these times and to me seems dangerous.

Edited: Vincenzo on 19th Jan, 2012 - 12:57am

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Republicans Spar Over Abortion Issues in GOP Debate

The Republican presidential candidates sparred over the issue of abortion in tonight's GOP presidential debate. Below, LifeNews is bringing you the unfiltered debate transcript showing that exchange.

Ultimately, each Republican presidential candidate could be called into question for criticism over the pro-life views.

Romney could be said to be not authentic on his pro-life conversion because he supported abortion before that and some say the conversion was political. Santorum has faced questions for endorsing pro-abortion Sen. Arlen Specter, his Pennsylvania college when he served in the U.S. Senate.

Gingrich has faced criticism for not sufficiently believing life begins at conception or fertilization and for not pressing pro-life issues as much as he could have in Congress. And Ron Paul has faced questions over his states rights approach and not supporting federal pro-life legislation.

All in all, the Republican candidates are campaigning as pro-life advocates and would be monumentally better than pro-abortion President Barack Obama. No matter which GOP hopeful you support, they all would very likely implement a host of pro-life policies, appoint pro-life people to key administrative and court positions, and give unborn children the hope they don't enjoy currently when it comes to any chance of gaining legal protection from abortion. Ref. Source 8